Tag: Pose

It’s been a very tough six months, and none more so than the last two as the upheaval of moving takes its toll on one’s stress levels. But, we are now settling in to our new abode and searching for new premises to set up our third studio.

In the meantime, we have received very favourable comments from fans of our News features. Some people, like Roger, are developing their own niche of Nylon appreciation and we are going to showcase the work of people like this who adore women wearing nylons.

Here we can see a selection of his favourite shots…

Studio and home shoot based posing, and an interesting array of Nylons capture the essence of what he likes to capture.

In his own words…My passion for NYLON material began in my teens, and I remember going into department stores and seeing Mannequin’s clad in those original 100% Non -Stretch Nylon stockings in various colours, on the hosiery department. I always remember going in regularly to see if they had changed the colour……and they usually had.!
Now some 30 years later, I still love that material whether it be used in stockings or nylon underskirts.
I have now taken up female model photography, and shoot models on a regular basis wearing nylon stockings and underskirts, as this is my passion..If there are any models who would like to be photographed wearing them, maybe for their photo portfolio, please do contact me. I have dozens of pairs in my possession, In many different colours.

Roger’s portfolio can be found on PurplePort.com as ROGER PHOTOGRAPHY or he can be emailed direct rogerkeay1@gmail.com.

We Thank him very much for supplying fresh content to showcase, and wish him the very best in finding lovely ladies who are willing to pose in Retro Nylons…

You know sometimes you just want to shoot a model because they have a distinctive style, look, or persona. Tiina was one of those people…

An ad hoc shoot was arranged at short notice and we agreed to meet in the premises of our favourite purveyor of all things nylon.

In the rush to put everything together, I forgot to pack the radio triggers to fire of my lighting system.

The net result was to shoot or not to shoot…Well luckily I always carry a couple of speed lights, better known as flash guns, in my bag. I didn’t have any triggers so had to go with the flash on top of the camera, which is 99% percent of the time an absolute ‘No-No’. However, needs must.

Tiina made hr best efforts to quickly don the Rubber and Nylon combination that I had provided and made a sterling effort to run through elements of her posing routine.

At the time she appeared to be one of the hardest working and most regularly shot models on the local scene. Now having moved to America I still follow her activities on FaceBook etc where we are friends. (Yes, for the record, I am not a stalker).

All told despite the harsh shadows, not a bad coupe of hours shoot and some interesting shots developed along the way…

Its easy to establish a cheeky tone and rapport with an audience when dressed in such a fashion.

Striking a pose and playing with one’s ruffles just becomes second nature.

How to remove a bra in a tantalising, but acceptable presents considerable challenge.

But our model was well practised in the Art of Burlesque and so knew exactly what she was doing.

Back in times gone by it was considered an offence to publicly bear ones nipples so the application of fancy pasties was employed, stuck over the offending flesh to provide discretion and often sporting tassels so with the right gyrating movement a helicopter action would ensue, the breasts wobbling almost with a resonant life of their own and the hassles mesmerising the transfixed audience.

Also the use of a Fan or Feathers would be skilfully employed to ensure the view of the ladies breast was kept to fleeing glimpses, again adding to the tease.

All in all, a great way to undress had evolved, and we just Love o capture the essence of this in our Boudoir shoots for couples…

So a young lady approached us to assist her with entering a competition in the USA. The first phase involved shooting her front side and back in fashion and bikini styles to gain entry.

Off the back of this we decided to also shoot a little Burlesque/Lingerie set to add another dimension to her fledgling portfolio.

She provided the shoes and basque, we put together the rest of the package, and as you can see the shots turned out nicely.

We must admit, we prefer the floppy wide brimmed hat to the traditional Bowler on her, but that is part of the flow…Sometimes you have to try different things to get the look that really works.

Also we are talking today about filters and post processing. But it is also worth mentioning white balance. It is important to firstly set the white balance on the camera to match the sale of light you are using. So in this case we would select flash as we were working in the studio.

Even on that setting you can see that all the pictures above came out of the Canon camera, we were using at the time, a little on the warm side, which translates as a little towards the yellow side of the lighting spectrum. This tinge can be taken out by moving the white balance slider in Lightroom towards the blue end of the spectrum.

Some people get the model to hold up a colour balance card at the start of a shoot that has a neutral set of greys on it. This can then be chosen with the colour picker in the white balance adjuster to set the overall tone for the picture. The setting then saved and stamped on all the proceeding images to get a unified colour scheme. We hasten to add that this all only works if you shoot in manual mode. If you shoot in automatic, the colour balance etc will vary from shot to shot an make it a nightmare to colour balance the whole sequence.

Below we show an alternative style called cross processing that allies an algorithm to the shadows and highlights to achieve a totally different effect.

The skin tone looks more natural, the blacks a little sharper and the edges/highlights have a slight bluish tinge to them.

Experimentation is the key and learning to use your kit to get maximum results. We also hope you like the fiddly stockings she wore which were reversed to the normal sense, with seams and fancy lacing don the front for a different look.

And this was one of our first attempts at going full tilt with the style.

It is worth noting that whilst we had a reasonable Canon consumer camera at the time…

We were actually shooting with a set of Builders Lights purchased from a hardware store.

Hence the odd assortment of shadows that have manifest on the images.

Its funny when you look back at old work. One has a sense of knowing and wishing that we could travel back in time and re do the shoot again with all our current kit, knowledge and experience. Alas, models come and go and this retro beauty, as far as we know, retired from shooting not long after working with us on this set. Its a sad loss as you can see she was good at striking pose or two…

We hope by showing our flaws and development that this encourages you to have a go at chasing your dreams. Everybody has a starting point and after eight years we are still learning something new every day. So get out there, find a good model, have fun and shoot something cool that pushes your boundaries to become a better creative.

We Trust you can see the humour in the title as this young lady had an uncanny knack of curling her top lip in an Elvis style…

The purpose of this shoot was to go for some fashion shots and classy boudoir to revamp the budding models portfolio.

As you can see she has a fabulous figure, tall and slender, and poses well

She took very well to the three styles we envisioned for her, and had a lot of fun during the fast paced shoot.

It also gave us the opportunity to try out some new retro foundation wear we had purchased with a modern twist. The grey shaping body worked like a dream at accentuating the best of her figure.

We recommend always guiding a model when putting on Fully Fashioned Nylons. Many young ladies will not have come across such delicate material, and we recommend they wear gloves when putting on the stockings, otherwise it is easy to get the inevitable snags and a pair of £20 nylons are ruined.

But then again some people like to see a run in a stocking, almost as much as they like to see the way old nylons wrinkle as they do not have lycra in them to provide some degree of stretch like modern yarns.

We enjoy helping models find a new look or style and revamp their portfolio. We provided all three outfits, stockings, pantyhose, props and styling for this shoot, and I find you’ll agree the results are rather splendid.

Given the opportunity to showcase a delightful blonde model as a Druid Goddess we jumped at the chance. We knew she was a grounded individual as she works in animal welfare, and we wanted to capture something of substance and meaning.

Shimmery cape, PVC Boots and Corset and a Druid ceremonial Dagger all blended to create the look.

Then we moved on to disrobing a little and going for a classic boudoir pose.

Next, add in a pair of glasses for the perfect demure secretarial look.

Its always great to work with a model who is diverse in her approach to her kraft. A single shoot turns into a wealth of unique content that can be put to good use in so many ways.

And this is only one look that we played with out of two shot across an afternoon. Wait for a later post where we will reveal the ‘retro femme fatale’ look with a designer hat by Zara Carpenter worth nearly two hundred pounds.

We admit it! We have an incurable passion for fine shoes and often buy many pairs on spec to use in our various photoshoots. Many models starting out don’t have a full complement of garments and shoes and so it helps if we can provide them…

What we are showing in this post are out takes from a workshop we ran covering Burlesque and Fetish styles. We provided the shoes to accompany the models outfit adding value to the overall look.

We now have placed this pair worn only once on eBay for you to purchase as a keep sake or for a loved one.

Born out of the demand for make over and boudoir style shoots we created a FaceBook page and soon will be developing a new website…

This will provide an opportunity for all women to partake of this service for their own pleasure and self esteem, or to provide a little spice as a gift for their loved one.

So let us guide you on this journey of self discovery, or indeed let the exhibitionist in you run free.

Prior to the shoot, we always sit down and get to know you over a Tea or Coffee and understand your goals and objectives for the shoot.

All shoots are conducted with the utmost level of professionalism with a female make up artist, stylist and wardrobe to help you find the right look and then help with poses that flatter your style, body shape and level of flexibility. By the time you step into the lights you will already feel pampered and like a star. Chatting and adding plenty of laughs into the mix helps bring out your personality and get the best shots with a cheeky smile. The real you shines through, without the worries of the Bills or picking up the kids or any other distractions.

We welcome women of all ages, sizes and especially welcome Big Beautiful Women as we feel everybody should have the right to express their femininity and experience a feel good factor.

Some images are simply breath taking in heir execution. Anything that inspires us will be posted here from time to time. If we know the originator we will of course acknowledge who produced the awesomeness. More frequently than not the images are found on the net without a watermark, so this is not possible. All we can say is Enjoy!